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Botha Boy

Any Planet Rugby heads over in Paris for the weekend festivities?

Would be good to catch up.

If your partner has not let you travel I will understand. Get a different one for the next RWC cycle!

Lemme know if you are around central Paris Sat/Sun this weekend! A beer would be cool.

Botha Boy

Baird 415 mins over 3 seasons and 11 caps . None so far this season. McCarthy 200 from 4 caps, nearly all this season. You exceeded my best intentions with your answer. :lol: Could you please provide who they played against for final context? As sternest of opposition. (Yes, I feel like a dick for ...

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Have you actually looked at the incident again? Cane is always high. Henshaw barely dips. Barely dips? His thigh is near parallel to the ground. https://i.ibb.co/nfZHkH4/IMG-2584.png I just don’t get the fury at Cane. Camroc went mental over what was a very unusual collision. Bizarre. why are you s...

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The Russians tried a large pincer movement north and south of Avdiivka in the last three days but it stalled out with massive losses of men and equipment. They took a few tree lines but actually lost territory on the southern flank. :thumbup: Now confirmed that the Russians have lost >100 tanks and...

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paddyor wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:13 pm The Zoo is half price all weekend if you need to get away from it all on the Sunday FYI. Weathers to be good too.

The Zoo when you could be posting on here for the bantz?

Are you having a Giraffe?

Botha Boy

I remember watching the All Blacks vs Lions doco and Hansen wanting Foster to try Reiko Ioane on the wing instead of a slowly losing form Julian Savea, Foster was so against it. He's always been conservative and has never changed. Taukei'aho and Roigard coming on late with Whitelock and McKenzie wo...

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CanNZ2000 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:07 pm Cane starting, we’re f**ked.

Fawk, we have to play against the Ghost of Richie McAwe!

Botha Boy

Cruel of the rugby gods to finish the test careers of 5 All Black centurions with a QF loss. Whitelock and Retallick are key players but NZ used to be ruthless about dropping players who were on the decline and I find it strange that they haven’t done so in this case. Now I’ve probably tee’ed them ...

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Okay.

Roigard is dropped ...

Botha Boy

Weird things can happen in knock out comes. Last time we were knocked out in a quarter final we had Mils brought in at centre, an underdone Keith Robertson started, and we lost Carter and Evans with a 20 year old Toeava coming on to try and gain back lead. At least players are fairly settled in the...

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Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 11:07 pm ChatGPCM11

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Not really. Baird is primarily a 6 who can cover lock. McCarthy's a lock. The latter would have been more involved over the last year if not for injury. Okay. How many games have Baird & McCarthy played for Ireland in Second Row (counting substitution experience)? See whad I mean? Baird 415 mins ov...

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From the NZ Herald.. Possible All Blacks team: Ethan de Groot, Codie Taylor, Tyrel Lomax, Scott Barrett, Brodie Retallick, Shannon Frizell, Sam Cane, Ardie Savea, Aaron Smith, Richie Mo’unga, Leicester Fainga’anuku, Jordie Barrett, Rieko Ioane, Will Jordan, Beauden Barrett Dane Coles, Ofa Tuʻungafa...

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It's all about the pack. Can NZ get an edge in the scrum? Can NZ disrupt the Irish line-out like RSA? Can their backrow & pack in general slowdown Irish ruck ball? That is the key. Without regular quick ruck ball, Ireland will not be able to run the patterns to bamboozle the ABs. In !st Test in NZ, ...

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https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/1011/1410357-kim-damti/ Irish girl in Israel confirmed dead. May she rest in peace. Very sad. I realise there are Palestinian families being bombed into oblivion as I type. But Hamas must have figured out what the Israeli reaction on their people would be & thought it w...

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It's an incredible statement from the Ireland coaching team to pick McCarthy over Baird. Not really. Baird is primarily a 6 who can cover lock. McCarthy's a lock. The latter would have been more involved over the last year if not for injury. Okay. How many games have Baird & McCarthy played for Ire...

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Tuivasa wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:59 pm
terryfinch wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:59 pm Can Ireland please respond to the haka thing with a rendition of riverdance?
Go away bigot

He is in the Minnows Competition ... honourable enough though ...

Botha Boy

I can't remember a time where the media of the team playing the All Blacks has ever talked themselves up so much leading up to the game.... and we play Australia three times a year!! The smack talk coming from the Irish has never been so bold. Of course, they are playing off the back of a huge reco...

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OK Serious Post: Paris Quarter-Finals Ireland v New Zealand: I expect the Irish forward back 5 to ultimately decide this game in terms of available quality ball. ABs will do everything to try & slow Irish ball like in 1st Test in NZ & Wayne Barnes will be forewarned & ping them off the park if they ...

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booze wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:23 pm
Botha Boy wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:19 pm
sorCrer wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:55 pm

I think it's player per most time in that position at RWC2023
Aki has been hopeless due to playing all the time ...

Bound to hit the wall anytime now!

Do you see that little straw passing you by .. try & clutch it!

Botha Boy

https://i.ibb.co/3fkZXp0/IMG-20231010-WA0053.jpg Retallick is likely to start over Whitelock. That's a great visual aide though. It's obviously more complicated than that as some players need minutes more than others. But I certainly prefer NZ's approach over Ireland's. I think it's player per most...

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backrow wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:36 pm
mrbrownstone wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2023 7:37 am
backrow wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2023 7:34 am How many pages will this get to before even the day of the match ? 10 now so I open the bidding at 25
30 minimum, I reckon.
I was way off , 25 now and it’s only Wednesday.

A pathetic effort.

Mullet & Sean O'Brien looking at the Swarm in disgust!

Botha Boy

I find paying no heed to it helps me continue with my comfortable, head-in-the-sand selfish lifestyle Although on a serious note almost had a falling out with the missus during the week when she genuinely asked "who are Hamas". Not gonna lie, i idiot shamed her a lot Can you patch her in for commen...

Botha Boy

Here is a team of AB RWC squad players who have beaten Ireland in the last 10 years: 1. Tu'ungafasi 2. Taylor 3. Laulala 4. Retallick 5. Whitelock 6. Barrett 7. Cane 8. Savea 9. Smith 10. Mo'unga 11. Fainga'aunku 12. Barrett 13. Brown 14. Ioane 15. Barrett 16. Taukei'aho/Coles 17. 18. 19. 20. Papal...

Botha Boy

Got a super-horn for the games next weekend. Got tickets for the 2 Paris Quarter-Final games. I will be red-raw by Thursday! :lol: Sorry back on topic. NZ always super dangerous if they slow down Irish ball by whatever means they can. But denied. Fiji will do it just. England are shadow-boxing, not ...

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Jeff the Bear wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2023 11:40 pm
Derwyn wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2023 6:52 pm

So fûck all y’all.
Christ, I've lost count of the numbers of ways we've been awesome this World Cup.

Congratulations to Wales.

You have over-achieved even by your own reckoning.

Botha Boy

Here is a team of AB RWC squad players who have beaten Ireland in the last 10 years: 1. Tu'ungafasi 2. Taylor 3. Laulala 4. Retallick 5. Whitelock 6. Barrett 7. Cane 8. Savea 9. Smith 10. Mo'unga 11. Fainga'aunku 12. Barrett 13. Brown 14. Ioane 15. Barrett 16. Taukei'aho/Coles 17. 18. 19. 20. Papal...

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Harveys wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:19 pm
camroc1 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2023 5:33 pm New world rankings this morning :
1. Ireland 93.79
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5. New Zealand 87.69

That's a difference of over 6 points. Are NZ becoming a Tier 2 team ?
Underdog status cemented as Ireland announce New Zealand is a minnow.

Enjoy!

Botha Boy

Cartman wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:44 pm Ireland is going to get spanked by one of those special AB performances

Cartman up to his old tricks brown-nosing the All-Blacks ...

Botha Boy

I see New-Zealand being up for that game, and I don't think it will be a walk in a park for Ireland. Then again, I was convinced Italy would bounce back against France. No games are a walk in the park - that's a silly thing to say. Ireland are number one with a large number of ranking points above ...

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Harveys wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 12:03 pm
Botha Boy wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 10:58 am Could not care less ...
Yet here you are like an obsessive jealous ex.

Indeed.

Yes. This will be enjoyable, my pretty ...

Botha Boy

10 - Russell

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CM11 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 10:07 pm Fiji now behind Aus in the rankings!

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CM11 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 10:01 pm
Clogs wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 10:00 pm Wait so do Fiji still go through?
Yes.

As long as Oz don't go through ....

(Sorry, still not over my Aussie ex ...)

Botha Boy

Puma wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 9:58 pm
TheFrog wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 9:57 pm
korben_dallas wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 9:54 pm

Wait is he dead??
Sadly yes.

To Raguebi

Botha Boy

Parabens, Portugal!

Amazing stuff ... this is a great competition.

Loving this.

Botha Boy

I think NZ will look to go through the ruck over and over to narrow our defense. Ireland will want them to go wide early but Schmidt will be too clever for that. Expect a few early power plays where NZ go hard at the fringes and through the ruck. That's a fragile strategy if Ireland can physically ...

Botha Boy

All SA apparently. Our mistakes were all caused by them and their mistakes were easily fixable and wouldn't happen in a more important match. RSA had the players to jump & pressure across the line. They did & did it consistently & Ireland collapsed. It was only when Ireland went to short line outs ...

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McCloskey was good but the three centres and two scrum halves made for some hairy defensive moments in the second half. I think it would have gotten very embarrassing for Scotland had it not been for the injuries. The scrum is still a worry. The kiwis have absolutely marmalised the Italian and Urug...

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It would have ended 13-12 if SA made all their kicks. But, but if Ireland could win a lineout??? All SA apparently. Our mistakes were all caused by them and their mistakes were easily fixable and wouldn't happen in a more important match. RSA had the players to jump & pressure across the line. They...

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